Hinges



N. H. NYQUIST HINGES Filed June 6, 1957 Oct. 4, 1960 1KG/[SHIV United States Patent() HINGES Nels H. Nyquist, 1257 Early Ave., Chicago 40, Ill.l

Filed Tune 6, 1957, Ser. No. 663,969

4 Claims. (Cl. 16-1`64) The present-invention relates generally to hinges, but more particularly to a novel and improved hinge of the concealed type which is adapted for use in connection with a door or closure member for a wall cabinet or the like in which the door or closure member can be moved outwardly from the abutting or adjacent wall when opened and returned to its abutting position -with the Iadjacent wall when closed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel and simplified construction of concealed hinge which is especially adapted to support glass mirrored doors or closure members for Wall cabinets and the like so that the swinging mirrored door member may abut similar adjacent mirrored doors or extended mirrors on the wall section adjacent thereto so that the same presents in effect a continuous mirror construction without the necessity of providing metal frames or the like.

A still yfurther object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved construction of a concealed hinge for a mirrored door or closure member in which the structural features thereof are sufficiently strong and rigidly supported so as to sustain relatively heavy mirrored doors or closure members.

These and other objects are accomplished by providing a construction and an arrangement of the various parts in the manner hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. l is a fragmentary portion of a Wall cabinet showing the door or glass closure member supported therein with my improved hinges;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on the line 2-2 in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross-sectional View of portions ofthe cabinet and the door shown in cross-section with the door in its extended or opened position; and

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 4--4 in Fig. 3.

In illustrating one form which my invention may assume in practice, I have shown the same in connection with a single cabinet in which the mirrored door is mounted in the opening of the cabinet, but it will, of course, be understood that several doors of this type may be hinged so that the adjacent mirrors or doors abut each other or one of them may abut an adjacent mirrored Wall which normally projects at right angles to the closed position of the closure member.

In Fig. l I have shown an adaptation which includes a cabinet of conventional construction, generally indicated by the referencecharacter 10. This cabinet is mounted in the wall structure in the manner well understood in the art in the Wall structure 11. The door in this instance is indicated at 12, is preferably a mirror lwhich is generally supported on a wooden panel 13. The door or closure member 12 is pivotally supported adjacent one edge of the cabinet 10 with my novel and improved form of hinges, Igenerally indicated by 2,954,578 Patented Oct. 4, 1960 the reference character 14. The hinge in this instance comprises a bracket in the form of two horizontally positioned and vertically spaced apart plates 15. The plates 15 of the hinge bracket are held in spaced -apart relation by a substantially triangular spacer member 16 adjacent one end thereof and a rectangular spacer member 17 at the other end thereof. A main hinge member 18 is pivoted to the hinge bracket between the plates 15 on a pivot pin 19. The main hinge member 18 comprises two horizontally positioned and vertically spaced apart plates 18a which are held in spaced apart relation adjacent the pivot 19 by a spacer block 20. The other end of the main hinge plates 18St are relatively wide construction and are adapted to contact the inner surfaces of the hinge bracket plates 15 so Ias lto form a substantial support for the supporting mirror or door on the bracket secured to the cabinet or support. The hinge bracket or plates 15 of the hinge is secured at the bottom and top portions of the cabinet 10 by suitable screws 22. Secured to the inner door panel 13 is a supplemental hinge bracket generally indicated by the reference character 23. This hinge bracket 23 comprises a ilat elongated metal strip 24 secured to the inner surface of the `door panel 13 by the usual screws 25.

Formed integrally with and at right angles to the plane of the hinge bracket plate 24 are spaced apart Aapertured ears 26. The outer free end of the hinge member 18 extends in between the spaced apertured ears 26 and are pivotally secured thereby by means of a pin 27. These ears are located as contiguous as possible to the lateral edge of the door 12. Secured to the plate 24 of the supplemental hinge bracket 23 is a longitudinally extending lJ-shaped bail or guide member 28 for the purpose hereinafter described. Pivoted between the plate bracket members 15 on a pivot pin 29 is a link 30. The pivot pin 29 is located intermediate the axis of the main hinge to the supporting bracket Iand the adjacent wall defining the wall opening. The link 29 extends adjacent to a line through the main hingemember axes. The outer or free end of the link 30 is pivotally connected as shown at 31 to a relatively longer hinge link, generally indicated by the reference character 32. The hinge link 32 comprises two spaced apart link -members 33. One end of the link members 33 is held in spaced apart relation by a shoulder pin 34. The other `end of the link members 33 embrace the opposite sides of the bail member 28 of the supplemental bracket 23 through the medium of a slotted pin 35 journaled in the aligned apertures 36 of the hinge link 32. A diametrical slot 37 in the pin 35 embraces the bail 28 and extends throughout the lower half of the pin 35.

By referring to Fig. 3, it will be noted that when the hinge links 30 and 32 are extended so as to permit the closure member to extend to full opened position shown in this figure7 that the inner connecting portions of these links contact the inner wall of the spacer member 20 to form a stop, thus limiting the hinge movement of the pin to a point where the door projects at substantially right angles to its normal closed position.

The advantages and functionsl of operation of my improved hinge includes the feature of not only arr-anging the pivot of the main hinge member and connecting links with respectto the hinge bracket so that the mirrored door or closure member will move outwardly and slightly inwardly with respect to its abutting portion-or adjacent mirror when closed, but also by reason of the wide surface of the hinge plates 18a contacting the spaced apart hinge bracket plates 15, a very substantial surface engagement supports the hinge so that it may sustain substantial weight occasioned by relatively large size mirrors and thereby prevent sagging of the doors or closure members. In this connection it will be understood that hinged doors or closure members may be mounted adjacent to one another and also adjacent to the stationary wall mirror members so that the doors thereof may abut either the adjacent doors or adjacent stationary wall members without the necessity of*` employing additional frame members encasing or surrounding the glass mirrored doors or glass wall members.

Whil'e in the above specification I have described one embodiment which my invention may assume in practice, itl will, of course, be understood that the same is capable of' modication and that modification may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l'. A hinge for a closure member for a wall opening comprising a main supporting bracket secured within said opening, said bracket including two horizontally disposed' and vertically spaced apart plates, a main `hinge member pivoted to and extending between said plates, a supplementalY bracket secured to the inside of said closure member having `a substantially U-shaped bail secured thereto, a first link pivoted to said main bracket between the plates thereof on an axis intermediate the axis of said main hinge member and the adjacent wall defining said wall opening, a second link pivoted at one end to the free end of the first named link, spaced apertured ears formed on the other end of said second link, and a slotted pin` journaled in said apertured ears and slidingly embracing said U-shaped bail.

2. A hinge for ya mirrored closure member for -a -wall cabinet comprising a main supporting bracket secured to and Within said cabinet, said bracket including two spaced apart plates, spacer block adjacent the opposite ends of said plates for holding them in spaced `apart relation, ay second bracket secured to said closure member having a U-shaped guide bail secured thereto, a relatively wide main hinge member pivoted to and between said plates, spaced apart `ears carried by said second bracket, a pin for pivotally connecting the apertured ear portion of said second bracket to the free end of said main hinge member, a -link pivoted between said plates, a second link pivoted to the free end lof said first named'link, the outer end of said second named link provided with spaced apart apertured ears, and a pivot pin mounted in the apertured ears of said second named link, the portions of said links .adjacent their pivotal connection being adapted to engage one of the spacer blocks between said plates for limiting the outward movement of said closure member.

3. A hinge for mounting a rectangularand flatshaped closure member for swinging from a substantially right angle disposition to a wall into-a rectangular-shaped wall-opening with the front face of the closure member coplanar with the face of the wall, the hinge comprising, a main supporting bracket secured within said opening directly adjacent the vertical wall dening said wall-opening, a main hinge member pivoted to said bracket, a supplemental bracket secured to the inside vertical face of said closure member, the free end of said main hinge member being pivoted to said supplemental bracket as contiguous as possible to the lateral edge of said closure member, a one-piece first link, pivoted directly to said main bracket on an axi'silocated intermediate the axis of said main hinge member and the adjacent wall defining said wall-opening and extending to a point adjacent a line through said main hinge axis, and la second link having one end pivoted to the free end of said first named link and the other end pivotally and slidably connected to said supplemental bracket.

4. A hinge for mounting a rectangularand flatshaped closure member for swinging from a substantially right angle disposition to a wall into a rectangularshaped wall-opening with the front face of the closure member coplanar with the face of the wall, the hinge comprising, a main supporting bracket secured within said opening directly adjacent the vertical wall dening said wall-opening, a main hinge member pivoted to said bracket, a supplemental bracket secured to the inside vertical face of said closure member, the free end of said main hinge member being pivoted to said supplemental bracket as contiguous as possible to the lateral edge of said closure member, a one-piece first link, pivoted directly to said main bracket on an axis Vlocated intermediate the axis of said main hinge member and the adjacent wall defining said Wall-opening and extending to a point adjacent a line through said main hinge axes, a second link having one end pivoted to the free end of said first named link and the other end pivotally and slidably connected to said supplemental bracket, a guide member secured to said supplemental bracket, and means including a slotted pin carried by the outer end of said second link for operatively connecting said last-namedlink to said guide member.

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